Pulte Homes Reviews

Average quality for above average price.

We purchased one of the last condos in Crown East - Gaithersburg. The communication within Pulte departments was terrible. Many times, we were left to fend for ourselves working with the various depts (Mortgage, Construction, Sales and now Warranty. We have built 3 other homes in our past and none were as non-responsive as Pulte. One last comment that explains their lack of coordination. This request for our opinion states that we purchased an MPDU home. That is incorrect, we actually purchased a full priced Condo. Hopefully their records don't show this.

We closed 2.5 months ago. Just informed we won’t get a yard until at least July. Kitchen ceilings cracking. Mortgage process a disaster. All in all wouldn’t recommend.

We settled mid April , still waiting on lamp light( all new homes have the light, )we were told the light would be installed three weeks ago. Still waiting on refrigerator and wine fridge. We are leaving the last week of June until October, and coordinating the install will be difficult, if not received by the end of June

For the price I paid, the attention to detail of the finishes, paint, cabinetry and trim work was completely sub par. I would expect a much better job pertaining to the finished details of the house. Honestly, I’m disappointed to the point where I don’t “love” my house as much as I would like to.

I was very excited about building this home because I knew it would be our forever home. I have had 4 other homes, 3 of which we had built. I have never felt so frustrated about this process. The carelessness in workmanship has been so disappointing. Thankfully, we have ended up with a nice home but some changes really need to be made with this builder.

Get projects done before closing.

I am convinced that the left hand is not talking to the right hand. It that were the case this survey never would have found it's way to my mailbox. The folks you have handling warranty repairs left lots to be desired but the biggest issue is/was a water leak in my home even before I made my 1st payment. The response was laughable as the leak went unmitigated for a minimum of 3 Days. I am considering legal action as I can only imagine what happens down the road as a result of this water leak. This is the tip of the iceberg and the lack of Pulte being receptive is a poor way to conduct business. ... More

it was fine. sales experience was bad, but building manager and designer were good. for a huge national company there were a lot of issues that should've been figured out

Great process until the end

Going on two months in the home and still no cabinet hardware. Good luck with getting any resolution on issues not reported during the final walkthrough. My cabinets were installed poorly, and I’m struggling to get Pulte to fix the damages. Communication is poor, and I was accused of causing the damage myself. I’m so disappointed. Every time I reach out for updates on my outstanding issues, I am made to feel like a bother. The sales process is great…but the experience after the purchase is complete can leave you feeling devastated. Tip- stay in that house during the final walkthrough until you catch every little issue. Get on your hands and knees and inspect the cabinet installs carefully. You should not expect to have to do this, but I missed some of these things and now I’m in the position I’m in. I have had to come to terms with other items I reported will not be fixed. Had I known…. ... More

Poor workmanship and slow response to issues

Once I closed on my home many issues have been ignored. Front porch has large cracks, never heard about my driveway and grass installation. I had to pay to have my garage insulated and drywalled. After 2 months I have not received my trash receptacles. A little disappointed after purchasing a home for over $400,000

Throughout our construction process we had many questions around Pultes set and missed timelines. During that process we were made to feel like we were in the wrong with unacceptable responses, if we even got one at all. Would not go through this process with Pulte again.

The sale of the home was great but once it came down to the quality and inspections, that’s where it fell apart. Most last minute touch ups were not completed as promised and MANY outlets are not functioning properly around the house. Thermostat’s haven’t been changed and the direct contact’s do not care about resolving the issues.

Very poor fit/finish and responsiveness

The sales and build process was outstanding. However the process to get construction issues corrected after close has been terrible. Our Customer Care Manager is more interested in making excuses or finding reasons why they should not address the problem than fixing what are overall minor problems.

Be prepared to follow up with your customer care representative and keep a pulse on your punch list of items that need to be fixed. I received mismatched appliances and poor flooring installation followed by excessive delays in getting things fixed. I still don't have fixes to specific items 5 months post closing.

Once you close on the property, I can't seem to have any luck getting hold of anyone for service request.

We love our home and our happy we purchased. But the service we have received after we closed, has been absolutely awful. Our house was not cleaned prior to moving in, our yard was a complete mess with garbage from construction and we were promised by Andreas it would be cleaned up. Nobody ever came to clean it up and they just came out with bulldozers and covered it all with dirt. So now we have tons of nails, metal, tubes of caulk, aluminum cans, and other garbage buried in our yard. Our construction manager, Andreas, stopped communicating with us regarding final work that needs to be completed. He hasn’t returned a single email or phone call from anyone in the neighborhood. Pulte needs to take more pride in the contractors they hire, and the way they take care of customers. Our yard is now a landfill and it’s absolutely unacceptable. ... More

Overall construction was good. But we spent a ton of money on upgrades which included flooring, tile work, cabinets and counters. There wasn't much attention to deal at all. Most tiles in the master shower are wonky, and don't line up. The caulk job was amateur at best. Just sloppy. The floor they installed throughout the first floor has several spots where the planks aren't supported and the seams separate from one another. They installed a floor vent in front of my sliding rear door. They have a light switch literally wedged in a corner upstairs...which looks really stupid. The paint on the baseboards throughout the entire home and the door casing has runs, sags and major orange peel everywhere. They shot nails through the sides of my cabinets when they installed the trim on the sides. None of the cabinet drawers in the kitchen operate smoothly, it seems like there's something dragging. The windows they use are not good at all. Several are very hard to open and the are very drafty. And the screens fit really loose which allows bugs to get in no problem. It is basically very obvious the house was built with the emphasis on time and getting it done fast and not the overall quality. The house was over 500k. It looks like a slapped together flip, and not new construction. Don't spend on upgrades, they will never look as good as the model. ... More

Overall, it is an ok experience. However, there are situations that are frustrating. they kept pushing the closing date further, which isn't great for the buyer. The worst part of the entire house is the paint job, you touch the wall, the paint goes away. List of items were identified to fix, but no one showed up for a month. Other than that, the community and town is great.

We decided to buy our first home with Pulte because we had heard really good things. But the experience has not been good. First there were hardly any flexibility on choosing different options. There was only 1 model home but pulte was offering 5 different designs. They did not had good digital experience to help make decisions. Very rigid timelines and no much flexibility on making changes. They were adamant on closing because they wanted to meet there timeliness so gave the house with so many open issues and now to resolve them I have to plead to get the attention. The standard answer is by end of spring which can be in June. But the same things are already been taken care of new houses that are been built. So it gives the impression that once they got the money, we are not priority anymore. Finally the quality of construction is below par. I am coming from old rental apartmebt and J could see they having better construction. The way the things are now going I am sure all the good will and brand value will soon be lost. Atleast I will make sure I will ask my friends to think thrice and check other builders before deciding with Pulte.whether ... More

With supply issues and everything going on in the world, made our home buying experience difficult. We were initially quoted a 6-8 month time frame to build home but lasted over a year. We felt the last month of the home building process was rushed. Our final walkthrough we were missing flooring in 70% of the home. We were missing mirrors, medicine cabinets, and due to design center error wrong backsplash installed. Pulte construction is doing what they can. The contractors is what they are having issues with. They have also been slow to fix things since we moved in.

Ray was understanding of our concerns